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Verma AK, Nandakumar B, Acedillo K, Yu Y, Marshall E, Schneck D, Fiecas M, Wang J, MacKinnon CD, Howell MJ, Vitek JL, Johnson LA. Slow-wave sleep dysfunction in mild parkinsonism is associated with excessive beta and reduced delta oscillations in motor cortex. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1338624. [PMID: 38449736 PMCID: PMC10915200 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1338624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests slow-wave sleep (SWS) dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with faster disease progression, cognitive impairment, and excessive daytime sleepiness. Beta oscillations (8-35 Hz) in the basal ganglia thalamocortical (BGTC) network are thought to play a role in the development of cardinal motor signs of PD. The role cortical beta oscillations play in SWS dysfunction in the early stage of parkinsonism is not understood, however. To address this question, we used a within-subject design in a nonhuman primate (NHP) model of PD to record local field potentials from the primary motor cortex (MC) during sleep across normal and mild parkinsonian states. The MC is a critical node in the BGTC network, exhibits pathological oscillations with depletion in dopamine tone, and displays high amplitude slow oscillations during SWS. The MC is therefore an appropriate recording site to understand the neurophysiology of SWS dysfunction in parkinsonism. We observed a reduction in SWS quantity (p = 0.027) in the parkinsonian state compared to normal. The cortical delta (0.5-3 Hz) power was reduced (p = 0.038) whereas beta (8-35 Hz) power was elevated (p = 0.001) during SWS in the parkinsonian state compared to normal. Furthermore, SWS quantity positively correlated with delta power (r = 0.43, p = 0.037) and negatively correlated with beta power (r = -0.65, p < 0.001). Our findings support excessive beta oscillations as a mechanism for SWS dysfunction in mild parkinsonism and could inform the development of neuromodulation therapies for enhancing SWS in people with PD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ajay K. Verma
- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Verma AK, Nandakumar B, Acedillo K, Yu Y, Marshall E, Schneck D, Fiecas M, Wang J, MacKinnon CD, Howell MJ, Vitek JL, Johnson LA. Excessive cortical beta oscillations are associated with slow-wave sleep dysfunction in mild parkinsonism. bioRxiv 2023:2023.10.28.564524. [PMID: 37961389 PMCID: PMC10634920 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.28.564524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
Abstract
Increasing evidence associates slow-wave sleep (SWS) dysfunction with neurodegeneration. Using a within-subject design in the nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's disease (PD), we found that reduced SWS quantity in mild parkinsonism was accompanied by elevated beta and reduced delta power during SWS in the motor cortex. Our findings support excessive beta oscillations as a mechanism for SWS dysfunction and will inform development of neuromodulation therapies for enhancing SWS in PD.
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- Ajay K. Verma
- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Disse GD, Nandakumar B, Pauzin FP, Blumenthal GH, Kong Z, Ditterich J, Moxon KA. Neural ensemble dynamics in trunk and hindlimb sensorimotor cortex encode for the control of postural stability. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112347. [PMID: 37027302 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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The cortex has a disputed role in monitoring postural equilibrium and intervening in cases of major postural disturbances. Here, we investigate the patterns of neural activity in the cortex that underlie neural dynamics during unexpected perturbations. In both the primary sensory (S1) and motor (M1) cortices of the rat, unique neuronal classes differentially covary their responses to distinguish different characteristics of applied postural perturbations; however, there is substantial information gain in M1, demonstrating a role for higher-order computations in motor control. A dynamical systems model of M1 activity and forces generated by the limbs reveals that these neuronal classes contribute to a low-dimensional manifold comprised of separate subspaces enabled by congruent and incongruent neural firing patterns that define different computations depending on the postural responses. These results inform how the cortex engages in postural control, directing work aiming to understand postural instability after neurological disease.
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- Gregory D Disse
- Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Nandakumar B, Blumenthal GH, Disse GD, Desmond PC, Ebinu JO, Ricard J, Bethea JR, Moxon KA. Exercise therapy guides cortical reorganization after midthoracic spinal contusion to enhance control of lower thoracic muscles, supporting functional recovery. Exp Neurol 2023; 364:114394. [PMID: 37001630 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2023.114394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Postural control is critical for locomotion, allowing for gait changes, obstacle avoidance and navigation of rough terrain. A major problem after spinal cord injury (SCI) is regaining the control of balance to prevent falls and further injury. While the circuits for locomotor pattern generation reside in the spinal cord, postural control consists of multiple, complex networks that interact at the spinal, brainstem and cortical levels. After complete SCI, cortical reorganization establishes novel control of trunk musculature that is required for weight-supported stepping. In this study, we examined the impact of exercise therapy on cortical reorganization in the more clinically relevant models of both moderate and severe midthoracic contusion injury in the rat. Results demonstrate that both spontaneous recovery and therapy induced recovery of weight-supported stepping utilize cortical reorganization. Moreover, exercise therapy further improves outcome by enhancing cortical control of lower thoracic muscles enabling improvements in interlimb coordination associated with improved balance that increases weight-supported stepping. The outcome of this study suggest that cortical control of posture is key to functional improvement in locomotion. This information can be used to improve the timing and type of therapy after SCI by considering changes along the entire neural axis.
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Nandakumar B, Blumenthal GH, Pauzin FP, Moxon KA. Hindlimb Somatosensory Information Influences Trunk Sensory and Motor Cortices to Support Trunk Stabilization. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:5165-5187. [PMID: 34165153 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sensorimotor integration in the trunk system is poorly understood despite its importance for functional recovery after neurological injury. To address this, a series of mapping studies were performed in the rat. First, the receptive fields (RFs) of cells recorded from thoracic dorsal root ganglia were identified. Second, the RFs of cells recorded from trunk primary sensory cortex (S1) were used to assess the extent and internal organization of trunk S1. Finally, the trunk motor cortex (M1) was mapped using intracortical microstimulation to assess coactivation of trunk muscles with hindlimb and forelimb muscles, and integration with S1. Projections from trunk S1 to trunk M1 were not anatomically organized, with relatively weak sensorimotor integration between trunk S1 and M1 compared to extensive integration between hindlimb S1/M1 and trunk M1. Assessment of response latency and anatomical tracing suggest that trunk M1 is abundantly guided by hindlimb somatosensory information that is derived primarily from the thalamus. Finally, neural recordings from awake animals during unexpected postural perturbations support sensorimotor integration between hindlimb S1 and trunk M1, providing insight into the role of the trunk system in postural control that is useful when studying recovery after injury.
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- Bharadwaj Nandakumar
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 19104 PA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 95616 CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 19104 PA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 95616 CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 19104 PA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 95616 CA, USA.,Center for Neuroscience, Davis, 95618 CA, USA
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Blumenthal GH, Nandakumar B, Schnider AK, Detloff MR, Ricard J, Bethea JR, Moxon KA. Modelling at-level allodynia after mid-thoracic contusion in the rat. Eur J Pain 2021; 25:801-816. [PMID: 33296535 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The rat mid-thoracic contusion model has been used to study at-level tactile allodynia, a common type of pain that develops after spinal cord injury (SCI). An important advantage of this model is that not all animals develop hypersensitivity. Therefore, it can be used to examine mechanisms that are strictly related to the development of pain-like behaviour separately from mechanisms related to the injury itself. However, how to separate animals that develop hypersensitivity from those that do not is unclear. METHODS The aims of the current study were to identify where hypersensitivity and spasticity develop and use this information to identify metrics to separate animals that develop hypersensitivity from those that do not to study differences in their behaviour. To accomplish these aims, a grid was used to localize hypersensitivity on the dorsal trunk relative to thoracic dermatomes and supraspinal responses to tactile stimulation were tallied. These supraspinal responses were used to develop a hypersensitivity score to separate animals that develop hypersensitivity, or pain-like response to nonpainful stimuli. RESULTS Similar to humans, the development of hypersensitivity could occur with the development of spasticity or hyperreflexia. Moreover, the time course and prevalence of hypersensitivity phenotypes (at-, above-, or below level) produced by this model were similar to that observed in humans with SCI. CONCLUSION However, the amount of spared spinal matter in the cord did not explain the development of hypersensitivity, as previously reported. This approach can be used to study the mechanisms underlying the development of hypersensitivity separately from mechanisms related to injury alone.
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- Gary H Blumenthal
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Spinal Cord Research Center, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Center for Neuroscience, Davis, CA, USA
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Gerald MJ, Bracchi-Ricard V, Ricard J, Fischer R, Nandakumar B, Blumenthal GH, Williams R, Kontermann RE, Pfizenmaier K, Moxon KA, Bethea JR. Continuous infusion of an agonist of the tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 in the spinal cord improves recovery after traumatic contusive injury. CNS Neurosci Ther 2019; 25:884-893. [PMID: 30941924 PMCID: PMC6630008 DOI: 10.1111/cns.13125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Aim The activation of the TNFR2 receptor is beneficial in several pathologies of the central nervous system, and this study examines whether it can ameliorate the recovery process following spinal cord injury. Methods EHD2‐sc‐mTNFR2, an agonist specific for TNFR2, was used to treat neurons exposed to high levels of glutamate in vitro. In vivo, it was infused directly to the spinal cord via osmotic pumps immediately after a contusion to the cord at the T9 level. Locomotion behavior was assessed for 6 weeks, and the tissue was analyzed (lesion size, RNA and protein expression, cell death) after injury. Somatosensory evoked potentials were also measured in response to hindlimb stimulation. Results The activation of TNFR2 protected neurons from glutamate‐mediated excitotoxicity through the activation of phosphoinositide‐3 kinase gamma in vitro and improved the locomotion of animals following spinal cord injury. The extent of the injury was not affected by infusing EHD2‐sc‐mTNFR2, but higher levels of neurofilament H and 2′, 3′‐cyclic‐nucleotide 3′‐phosphodiesterase were observed 6 weeks after the injury. Finally, the activation of TNFR2 after injury increased the neural response recorded in the cortex following hindlimb stimulation. Conclusion The activation of TNFR2 in the spinal cord following contusive injury leads to enhanced locomotion and better cortical responses to hindlimb stimulation.
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- Marcus J Gerald
- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.,Stuttgart Research Center Systems Biology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.,Stuttgart Research Center Systems Biology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California
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- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Nandakumar B, Kadam A, Srikanth H, Rao R. P02.50. Naturopathy and yoga based life style intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with cardiovascular risk factors: a pilot study. BMC Complement Altern Med 2012. [PMCID: PMC3373741 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-s1-p106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Jagadeesan G, Suresh G, Nandakumar B, Perumal PT, Aravindhan S. Diethyl [benzylamino(1,3-diphenyl-1 H-pyrazol-4-yl)methyl]phosphonate. Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online 2011; 67:o2376. [PMID: 22065814 PMCID: PMC3200952 DOI: 10.1107/s1600536811032776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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